Definitions tagged atari in the street dictionary.
A term used for video game cartridges (such as those for Atari, Nintendo, or Sega) because of their physical and functional resemblance to cassette or 8-track tapes. The name is often applied to any video game, even those stored on discs (in the Dominican Republic, pelota is the standard word for baseball).
- Lend me the robot baseball cinta. - Basewars? OK, but do not wipe the battery (referring to the internal battery used for saving game data).
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A generic name used by older people to refer to any video game console, regardless of the brand.
- Mom buy me an Xbox. - Look, dammit, I am not buying you a Nintendo with those shitty grades you have.
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A generic term used by older people to refer to any video game console or system. Regardless of the actual brand, like PlayStation or Xbox, they call everything a Nintendo because the original NES was the most iconic early system. In some cases, they might even call a computer a Nintendo.
A: Mom, can you buy me an XBOX 360 for Christmas? B: Another Nintendo?! Didn't I buy you one of those gadgets a few years back?! A: No mom, this is from Microsoft, it is called an XBOX 360, it is more modern. B: Listen, kid! That is all the same thing, a little character jumping and eating mushrooms. Let's see if you can wait for that new Nintendo to drop in price a bit (chin is a Dominican word for a little bit).
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